Clooney even hosted her own variety show for a hot minute.

Despite this ample success, Clooney’s career took a turn for the worst in the 1960s.

By the late 1960s, Clooney’s mental health was in decline.

young Rosemary Clooney smiling

Although she did eventually stage a comeback, her voice had changed quite a bit by then.

Even still, she was successful and her later albums garnered much praise.

That same year, Clooney died from lung cancer, perBillboard.

Rosemary Clooney laughing

She was 74 years old.

“And I understood how little it has to do withyou.

And also how you could use it.”

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